Month: May 2014

In the legal beat section, Illinois is the latest to require AED units at schools, though there is some opposition due to the expense of the devices. From the aforementioned article: “The bill was developed after the 2009 death of…

A new law taking effect this summer requires AED units to be located at public pools. The law was passed after the death of 5-year-old Connor Freed, who drowned at the Crofton Country Club pool in 2006. Maryland is the…

Today we got the following comment from one of our training classes in Houston and I thought I’d share it with the world to get more input: “A follow up practice session with an instructor about 2 weeks later would…

Interesting article that I came across, comparing EMS response times and standards across the country. Also, the chat and comment section brings up some interesting conversation surrounding whether EMS response times are really the measure we should be after. That…

HeartSine, the developer and manufacturer of life-saving AED units, won two prestigious awards for management in 2014. “It’s a great honor for our highly experienced, hard-working management team to be recognized by such a prestigious organization–especially for our international success,”…

According to a new study, reported here, 7 out of 5000 school-aged athletes found serious heart abnormalities due to school-sponsored screening efforts. Screening programs have increased in recent years, in an attempt to “find” possible sudden cardiac arrest patients. There…

Nicholas Skipitaris, MD, director of electrophysiology at Lenox Hill Hospital is first in Manhattan to implant a new insertable cardiac monitor, the smallest cardiac monitoring device currently available. Dr. Skipitaris implanted the innovative cardiac monitor in a 34-year old Manhattan woman.…